Author Archives: Sharona Ginsberg

This week’s guest post is a review of the novel Makers by Cory Doctorow written by Thao Huong Nguyen, a Master’s of Science in Information (MSI) candidate at the University of Michigan School of Information. Learn more about Huong here.… Read more >

Our guest post this week comes from Will Hopkins, a graduate student at the University of Michigan School of Information.Through interviewing his father, Will gains insight into a life of making and what it is for an individual to be … Read more >

This past week, I was lucky enough to attend the very first New York State Maker Summit, held in Albany, NY. This one-day gathering brought together makers from all across the state (seriously, all across the state–check out the map … Read more >

Our guest post this week comes from Jennifer Noble, a graduate student at the University of Michigan School of Information who is studying to be a librarian. The post is a review of the book The Maker Movement Manifesto by … Read more >

I have been doing a lot of soul-searching lately as a result of what’s been going on politically in the United States, as a maker, as a librarian, and as a person. A lot of the challenges we will be … Read more >

This week’s From the Archives post is a good example of a project the Silhouette Cameo (or other cutting machines) works well for. I recently had some students ask me about creating a custom hoodie for a friend, and we are … Read more >

This year’s presidential election in the United States has been a particularly divisive one, and unfortunately, there has been a spike in hate speech and hate crimes targeting marginalized groups in recent weeks. MakerBridge has always focused on diversity as one of our top priorities… Read more >